The Waves Women’s Tennis team, ranked No. 7 in the nation, added three freshmen to their roster this year: Anastasia Iamachkine, Daria Kuczer and Satsuki Takamura are the newest additions to the team, coming to Malibu from Peru, Poland and Japan respectively.
Both Iamachkine and Takamura said they had no hesitation committing to Pepperdine. Since Iamachkine’s brother, a class of 2018 graduate Pedro Iamachkine, was on the Men’s Tennis team, she said she knew Pepperdine had a world-class tennis program.
“I knew the coaches before and they were so nice,” Iamachkine said.
Takamura, on the other hand, said she received several offers from schools nationwide, including the University of Florida.